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  "abstract": "Classical critical collapse provides a dynamical route from smooth initial data to a naked singularity, representing a sharper violation of predictability than ordinary black hole singularities. We argue that this distinction is erased by quantum backreaction. Building on the semiclassical interior analysis, where quantum self-energy of the collapsing matter generates a universal growing mode and a finite mass gap, we study the exterior naked singularity region that determines global visibility in the Einstein-scalar system. We analyze controlled exterior models in both $2+1$ and $3+1$ dimensions. In the former, smooth matching and physical boundary conditions analytically select a vacuum polarization state, whose backreaction cloaks the classically naked region by a quantum trapped branch. In the latter, numerical horizon tracing shows that near a quantum-shifted threshold the exterior develops finite-mass marginally trapped surfaces rather than a zero-mass naked endpoint. These results suggest a global quantum picture in which the Choptuik naked singularity shares the fate of an ordinary black hole singularity: quantum effects push the putative Cauchy horizon behind a quantum-generated horizon, thereby reducing the loss of predictability to the standard black hole evaporation problem.",
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  "article_type": "Journal reference: Phys. Rev. D 114, 044092 (2026)",
  "arxiv": "2606.17135",
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  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Chih-Hung Wu"
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.17135",
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  "published": "2026-08-31",
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  "title": "Quantum fate of the Choptuik naked singularity",
  "title_text": "Quantum fate of the Choptuik naked singularity",
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